Tiger Woods and his knee injury is, of course, a hot topic of discussion today after withdrawing from The Players Championship.

While many critics and pundits are speculating Tiger Woods is done, his injury problems have far less of an impact on his career than Grant Hill.

Tiger Woods’ injury issues may prevent him from ever breaking Jack Nicklaus’s record for 18 career majors. But if Tiger Woods never swings another golf club, he will still have an accomplished career.

The same can’t be said for Grant Hill. Injuries derailed Grant Hill from ever reaching his potential in the NBA. Judging by Hill’s college career at Duke and early days with the Detroit Pistons suggested Grant Hill was on track to be one of the elite forwards in NBA history.

But, well…Orlando Magic fans begrudgingly remember how the rest of that story finished. Grant Hill never fully recovered from a series of injuries and therefore never reached his potential in the NBA.

Despite his history with injury problems, 38-year-old Grant Hill became just the seventh player of that age to average a minimum of 13 points in the 2010-11 NBA season with the Phoenix Suns. Grant Hill’s accomplishment puts him on the list with Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller, John Stockton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish.

Don’t get me wrong. Clearly, Grant Hill’s career wasn’t anywhere near the same ballpark as the above mentioned players.

But his accomplishment does make you wonder what the ceiling for Grant Hill’s talent could have been had injuries not taken over.

What’s worse? Never having the chance to reach your potential or reaching your potential and not being able to maintain it?

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